Inspired by the New York Times Spelling Bee, created by Sam Ezersky.
Source
The default word list is derived from 12dicts created by Alan Beale.
This word list is passed through the Offensive/Profane Word List created by Luis Von Ahn to filter out potentially unwanted words.
Problematic words?
You can report any words you find objectionable to https://github.com/rossellhayes/hangman/issues.
Please report:
offensive words
words that deal with uncomfortable topics
proper nouns
text that is not a common English word